Spiral Nebula
Spiral Nebula

On view

Photography
Princeton Collects

Spiral Nebula,

ca. 1920

Photographer unidentified
2024-273

Information

Title
Spiral Nebula
Dates

ca. 1920

Maker
Photographer unidentified
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 12.3 × 7.5 cm (4 13/16 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 13.3 × 8.5 cm (5 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Object Number
2024-273
Place Made

North America, United States

Inscription
Inscribed in print: Spiral Nebula M51
Type
gelatin silver prints, postcards, photographs
Materials
gelatin silver prints
Subject
mail art, space, correspondence, tourism, collecting, science, astronomy

Acquired by Peter J. Cohen, after 1985; given to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2024.

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